| 100% | TROPICALROCK | 12 | "Gulf & Western" music style popularized by 42-Across (2 wds.) |
| 51% | THEBEATLES | 10 | Group cofounded by 42-Across: 2 wds. |
| 51% | PUNKROCK | 8 | Music genre popularized by the Sex Pistols and the Clash: 2 wds. |
| 51% | BLITZKRIEGBOP | 13 | 1976 debut single by 42-Across: 2 wds. |
| 46% | PARISTEXAS | 10 | 1984 road movie co-written by 42-Across (2 wds.) |
| 46% | FILTHYANIMALS | 13 | 2021 book of short stories by 42-Across (2 wds.) |
| 45% | CHINAGIRL | 9 | 1983 hit song by 42-Across (2 wds.) |
| 45% | LETSDANCE | 9 | 1983 hit song by 42-Across (2 wds.) |
| 45% | MODERNLOVE | 10 | 1983 hit song by 42-Across (2 wds.) |
| 45% | BETTERNOW | 9 | 2018 Top 10 song by 42-Across (2 wds.) |
| 45% | MUSICBOX | 8 | 1993 album by 42-Across with the eight-week #1 hit "Dreamlover": 2 wds. |
| 45% | PULITZERPRIZE | 13 | Prestigious award for authors, won by 42-Across for her first novel: 2 wds. |
| 43% | PRINCESSLEIA | 12 | Rebel Alliance fighter captured by 42-Across in 1983's "Return of the Jedi": 2 wds. |
| 43% | ACIDROCK | 8 | Music style suggestive of psychedelics: 2 wds. |
| 42% | PORKANDBEANS | 12 | Single by 42-Across whose video won a Grammy Award for Best Music Video in 2009 (3 wds.) |
| 42% | FREEJAZZ | 8 | Late-1950s improvisational music style: 2 wds. |
| 41% | THETWIST | 8 | Dance popularized by a Chubby Checker song: 2 wds. |
| 41% | ASIF | 4 | Disbelieving exclamation popularized by the movie "Clueless": 2 wds. |
| 41% | UGLYDELICIOUS | 13 | "Food is a four-letter word" Netflix travel/food series created by 42-Across (2 wds.) |
| 41% | PARISTEXAS | 10 | 1984 road movie starring Harry Dean Stanton that was co-written by 42-Across (2 wds.) |
| 41% | TONYAHARDING | 12 | Figure skater played by 42-Across in a 2017 biopic (2 wds.) |
| 40% | CHARLIESANGELS | 14 | Television drama series produced by 42-Across featuring crime-fighting women (2 wds.) |
| 40% | MYFUNNY | 7 | "___ Valentine" (jazz hit popularized by Chet Baker): 2 wds. |
| 40% | GONZOJOURNALISM | 15 | Writing style popularized by 35-Across |
| 40% | SHARONTATE | 10 | Actress played by 42-Across in "Once Upon a Time in Hollywood" (2 wds.) |
| 40% | FANTASYISLAND | 13 | Television drama series produced by 42-Across featuring Mr. Roarke and Tattoo (2 wds.) |
| 39% | DANIELDERONDA | 13 | 1876 novel by 42-Across featuring the characters Hugo Mallinger and Gwendolen Harleth (2 wds.) |
| 39% | SILKSTOCKINGS | 13 | 1955 Broadway show with music and lyrics by 41-Across: 2 wds. |
| 38% | REBELDIAMONDS | 13 | 2023 greatest hits album by 42-Across that includes "Mr. Brightside" and 18-Across (2 wds.) |
| 38% | SOMEBODYSBABY | 13 | 1982 single by 42-Across with the lyric "Gonna shine tonight, make her mine tonight" (2 wds.) |